Bayeux Tapestry 101

Can’t tell Harold from Harald? Think Odo’s a type of bird? Struggling to tell an Anglo-Saxon from a Norman? Hint: it’s all in the moustache!
 
Find out everything you need to know about the Bayeux Tapestry ahead of the opening on 10 September.
 
Prof Michael Lewis, Curator of The Bayeux Tapestry, and Dr Dave Musgrove, Content Director of HistoryExtra, will guide you chronologically through the epic story the Tapestry tells. It will arm you with key details on the main characters and places, and tell exactly what to look out for on your visit.
 
Lewis and Musgrove – co-authors of The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: Unravelling the Norman Conquest(Opens in new window) (2024) – will reveal the story, mysteries and enduring legacy of the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most remarkable surviving works of medieval art.
 
This event is part of the public programme supporting The Bayeux Tapestry (10 September 2026 – 11 July 2027).
To attend this event
You can join this event in person, or online via Zoom.